Homo sapiens

Afternoon, half past two.

In the holographic conference room.

Li Qingye summoned a group of company managers.

Regarding the situation of this new material, many managers are also confused.

The person in charge of the Mining Division was the first to speak: "Currently, we can mine 2.4 to 2.8 tons of gold every month, and we can also extract 86 to 95 tons of gold from seawater every month."

Liu Zhifan looked at this data and asked Jiang Mingxuan, the head of the Science Division: "How much gold does a set of three-layer composite 100-megawatt thermoelectric generator need to use?"

"..." Jiang Mingxuan did not answer, but directly connected to the researchers from the 8092 laboratory and the researchers from the Electric Power Research Institute.

After more than ten minutes, I finally came up with a rough figure: "About 240 to 250 kilograms of gold will be needed."

"Too many!" Liu Zhifan had a headache.

According to this usage, Homo sapiens' monthly production of nearly 100 tons of gold is enough to manufacture 400 sets of 100-megawatt thermoelectric generators.

And the gold content in seawater is not unlimited.

According to sampling surveys conducted by the Mining Division in various places, the gold content in seawater in the Hongsawady coastal area where golden seaweed has been cultivated for a long time has dropped by about 40 to 50%.

The same is true along the coast of the Luzon Islands.

Li Qingye also knew about this situation. He ordered the Ministry of Mines: "Add gold seaweed planting fields in the Malay Archipelago, Western Pacific Islands, Mada Island, and Ceylon Island to increase gold production capacity to 200 tons per month."

"Yes, Chairman."

Although expanding the scale of gold seaweed cultivation can indeed quickly increase gold production capacity in a short period of time.

But everyone did not get too carried away, because this production capacity is far from enough.

We must know that there are currently about 190,000 tons of gold mined in the world, 47% of which is used in jewelry, and the rest is used for investment, official reserves, and as industrial raw materials.

The gold reserves of Homo sapiens are 2743 tons.

At this time, the installed capacity of Homo sapiens' thermal power generation devices is 3.62 million megawatts. If all these thermal power generation devices were to be replaced with thermoelectric power generation devices, 8,900 tons of gold would be consumed.

Of course, if private gold in Tianzhu is obtained, tens of thousands of tons of gold should be squeezed out.

It's just that Tianzhu has strictly restricted the outflow of gold at this stage, and many layouts of the field business department have not been completed yet, so it is impossible to mess around.

And the material isn't just for generators.

Thermoelectric conversion materials can also be applied to refrigeration.

In addition, the automobile heat engine can be replaced with a thermoelectric generator, and combined with a battery, the currently used micro gas turbine power generation system can be eliminated.

Spacecraft, artificial satellites, and space stations in outer space all require temperature difference materials. After using this temperature difference material, the heat dissipation problem that has been plaguing spacecraft will be solved.

We can even consider installing nuclear reactors in space stations and spacecrafts to generate electricity.

These applications will push Homo sapiens further.

After all, the thermal efficiency has increased from an average of 45% to 99.41%, which means that the same power can be obtained by consuming less than half of the previous fuel.

The changes brought about by new materials tempted everyone present.

After listening for a long time, Garfield suggested: "Maybe we can find a solution from the bottom of the sea and deep underground."

The person in charge of the Mining Division nodded: "This is an idea. Currently, the gold reserves in the underground ore seams and seabed mines we have discovered are quite good, about 700,000 to 900,000 tons, but mining is more troublesome."

At this moment, the head of the Space Division also quickly spoke for his department:

"In fact, there are many asteroids rich in gold in the asteroid belt. If we can capture such asteroids with extremely high gold content, our gold production will greatly increase in the future."

His subtext is to make money quickly to support the space division.

Liu Zhifan's mouth twitched slightly: "The asteroid belt is too far away and is not operable for the time being."

Li Qingye also agrees with Liu Zhifan's point of view: "Space mining will not start until at least 2025. It may take until 2035 to exploit the resources of the asteroid belt. Space mining will not be considered in the short term."

Hearing this, the person in charge of the Space Division looked helpless.

Space mining is indeed immature at this stage, and the asteroid belt is too far away.

Li Qingye continued: "Now we have to discuss how to transfer the reserve gold to industry without affecting the stability of the gold standard of the gold dollar."

Regarding this issue, everyone has one head and two big heads.

If a few hundred tons are secretly transferred, that won't be a big problem.

But looking at the situation now, it is definitely not a few hundred tons, but most of the gold must be invested in new materials.

Even if it is used in batches, the current inventory still cannot last for long.

Liu Zhifan hesitated for a while, but still raised objections: "Chairman, I think the application of new materials can be promoted step by step. With the current gold production capacity of the company, it can still be satisfied in the initial stage."

Other executives also tend to be more conservative.

The gold dollar must not be untied from gold at this stage, otherwise it will affect the layout and promotion of many plans.

After more than three hours of intense discussion, the final conclusion was to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

Increase the scale of gold seaweed cultivation, fully launch the mining of deep underground gold mines and seabed gold mines, and increase gold production capacity to 300 tons this year and 500 tons next year.

Strive to complete the upgrading and transformation of the power generation industry within 10 years.

At the same time, all new human employees are called on to sell the gold jewelry at home to the company.

According to estimates, there is currently a large amount of gold held by Homo sapiens employees, ranging from about 6,000 to 7,000 tons.

If this part of the gold could be collected, then Homo sapiens' own internal gold alone could complete the upgrade of the power generation system.

In addition, the field business department came forward to ask comprador groups in Tianzhu, Africa and other places to help purchase local gold.

In particular, Tianzhu, which has a huge private gold reserve, has become a key target of the Homo sapiens company.

The value of gold has become increasingly popular with the emergence of new materials.

In the past, the value of gold was mainly due to scarcity and stability, and its industrial application was not very large, so the price seemed tepid.

But it's different now.

Gold is endowed with "energy" properties.

That's right, it's the energy characteristics.

Using gold's temperature difference material can increase thermal efficiency to the extreme. It is actually an energy metal in disguise.

At the same time, Li Qingye also ordered the blocking of relevant information to prevent this material from being discovered by the outside world.

In particular, the manufacturing process of this material is a top priority.

If this technology is acquired by the great powers, their productivity will be greatly improved, and they will also compete with Homo sapiens for limited gold resources.

After the meeting.

Li Qingye left Chen Jianxiong alone.

"Jianxiong, your field business department must increase its efforts to obtain more gold for the company, especially in Asia, where they have huge private reserves of gold resources."

"Chairman, please rest assured that I will lead the field business department to go all out." Chen Jianxiong replied seriously.

"There is one more thing I want to tell you..."

After hearing this, Chen Jianxiong's eyes changed slightly, but he still nodded without hesitation: "I will arrange it as soon as possible."

"Go!"

Looking at Chen Jianxiong who disappeared into the holographic conference room, his eyes were calm and seemed to be filled with various complex emotions, and then he clicked to log out.

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